The Sun. — London, England, 1864-07-26 00:00:00

ow— VOYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent-garden. Last Night but Four. Second Night of L'Etolle Du Nord THIS EVENING (TUESDAY), July 26, will be produced (for the second time, Meyerbeer's grand historical opera, in three act , , L'ETOILE DU NORD, with entirely new sce nery, costumes , and appointme nts. Catterina, Madame Miolan-Carvalho, her third appearance in that character, and her third appearance this seJscn ; Frascovia, Mdlle. Itrnnetti, her third appearance at the noyal Italian Ope Jenny Bauer, her third aparance this season ; Danilowitz, Signor NauLlin, his third ap pear: ince in that character ; Giorgio, Signor Neri-Baraldi ; Gritzenko, Signor Ciampi, his third appe trance in that character ; Colonel Yeanoloff, Signor Taglisfiel; General Tcheremetiell, Signor Polonini ; Rain oldo, Signor Capponi ; ismailoft, Signor Lucchesi; 17fficiale Primo, Signor k'allar ; Ufficiale secondo, Siguor Rossi ; and Pietro, M. l'aure, his third appearance in that character in England Conductor, Mr. Costa. The scenery by Ir. VT. Beverley. The machinery by Mr. H. Sloman. The appointments by Mr. Brunton. The cos tumes by Mrs. James, M4dame Varlet, Mr. Coombes, and M. Hennier. The dances by N. Desplaces. The Nis-en-Scene by Mr. A. Harris. Commence at half-pastB o'clock. Pit tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre , ta Is , 10s. od., 75., a nd ss. ; amphitheatre. 25. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets h ma w y be ch had at the box-office under the pomieq of the th eatre, i is open from ten till live, and at the principal musicsellers' and ROY AL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. Paddy O'Rafferty, Mr. Dominick Murray. After which, the new p:ay by John Oxenford, Esq., THE MONASTERY OF S JUS r : Messrs. Vining, H. Mars ton, J. Nelson, J. W. Ray, H. Mellon, W. Robins, L. Serton, Chapman; Mrs. H. 3isa ston, and M dile. Stella Colas. INT'W T REATILE-HO YAL, ADELPHI. Bole Proprintor and Manazer, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Miss K. Kelly. and Mrs. Bfl lington. At 10, ONE Torcs OF NATURE. Penholder, Mr. BeDj3Min Webster ; Constance, Miss H. Simms. Fol2owed by THE AREA BELLE, with 4 iNorrible Tale: ItlessrL , . J. L. Toole, E'. Bedford, n. BOuaer,3Lise Woolgar, and Mrs. IL. Lewis. Commence at 7. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER% Last three weeks of the present season. Crowded with rank and fashion. Be-engagement of those ce ebraced and popular artistes, Mr. an t Mrs. Charles Mathews. Production of an entirely new originil Trayestie of a very popular subject, by F. C. Burnanu, Esq., enti:led . FAUST A.1.1"D MARGUERITE, in which Mr. and His Charles .Matiiews will appear. The new scenery la) the celebrated artists, Messrs. _Wilson and :fens ; the incidental Ba.let by Osear Byrne; Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular mes of Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. Fr, rnk Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole. Mr. ..t. Clarke, Mr. Paul BeCord, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. Ashley , Mr. .i. Johnstone; Miss Herbert, - Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss H. Simms, Miss A. Calrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss Weuttx•ortn, - ,Mrs. StirAng, anti Mrs. Chas. Mathews. EVEI3Y EVENING, at 7, A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING. Mrs. Stirling, Mr. J. Clarke, and Mr. F. Rubinson.. At a quarter-past 8, a new Travestie, entitled FAUST AND MA.itGUERITE Mr. Chas. Mathews, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Ashley, Mr. Montague, Mr. W. Eburne, Mr. W. Chamberiaine, and Mrs. C. Mathews. At 10, LITTLE TODDLEKINS, Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. and Mrs. F. Matthews. To conclude with BRISTOL DIAMONDS. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Matuems, Mr. Ash ey. Miss Wentworth. GOODWOOD.—RACE GLASSES, the.beat at CALLAGHAN'S, 23A, New Bond-street, W., corner a Conduit-street. N.B.—Sole agent to Voigtlander, Viennn. 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Top 225. „ 1 Deep Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke Terms cash. JOAN SCOTT, Sole Agent. TEIE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, C tin be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGE7.IT, No. 4,. Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, July 26, 1864. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock 7l Barometer-30.06. WIND —S.-Westerly ; moderate breeze, and fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. va s DA.T.—Morning, 7h. 12m.—Afteracon, 7h. 40m. r o .moßatow.-Mornin g , 1001.—Afternoon, 812. Vira. err, , SUIT LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 26, 1864. In a thin House at the very end of a session we may often find measures of considerable importance brought forward without sufficient heed being taken of their scope and tendency. We have just had a notable instanc e o f this in the India Medical S ervice Bill, which was tt a—empted to be passed, but was thrown out by a - very Mr. small majority. HENNESSY and Mr • , T ONGFTELD and others did good servi c e i n pointing out its - injurious tendency. Sir CuArxes wooD appears to have ,a special prefere nce f or bringing forward eve rything pertaining to his department when entr3 i e s are exhausted, moments brief, and the gew2ra l feelicg of the political world is to get throngs the work that remains with as little delay and trouble as possible. Whether such a time i s the best suited for careful consideration of Indian ma tt e rs may be very much doubted. Si r C HARLES - WOOD probably thinks that his awn edicts are so perfect that it wculd be idle to trouble the House with them at an earlier and busier portion of the session. 139 Bill in question, however, is one within the reach of every one's comprehen sion and experience, however little he m ay have studied the general aspect of Indian affairs. .he want which is felt in the Indian army is felt a:Se in the regular army, and it is a want of st:ch importance that public attention should at once be called to the ratter. It 6ppears that a very great ;deficiency exists in the number of roe. dical officers for the Indian army. The Assistant. Surgeons at present obtain their appointments by competition according to the usual rule. It is generally found when public appointments are thus thrown open that the number of candidates very greatly exceeds the list of vacancies. But what is the case with the Indian medical service ? Sir CHARLES WOOD, in replying to Mr HENNESSY on Friday night, said that a return of the last three examinations showed that for 90 vacancies th ere were only 72 candidates, of whom only 50 sme ceeded in passing, so that the supply of eighteen months has fallen short of the demand by forty m en, This is confirmed by Sir JOHN LAWILENCE, who states that •the medical service in Bengal is short by 20 officers, and that the deficiency else, where is still greater. And what is our Indian Secretary's cure for ail this ? As he cannot get a proper supply of efficient men on his terras he proposes to atone for it by taking in the inefficient. Competitive examinations have proved, he says, a failure, and evidently he regards them as such, be. cause they deprived him of 22 out of the united number of candidates who presented themselves. He therefore brings forward a bill " to make pro vision for her MAJESTY'S Indian Forces, which is to empower the Secretary of State to make, from time to time, such regulations for the appointment of medical officers as he may think fit; and to en able the Governors of the Indian provinces to do the same thing subject to his revision. This means that these authorities are to be allowed to put into the service men who cculd not have passed the test of an examination. In a country where the exigencies of climate, the deficient sanitary arrange ments, and the ignorance and imprudence of Euro peans render our troops so especially liable to sick ness, and demand unusual skill, intelligence, and energy on the part of the medical officer, men are to be appointed who do not know their business. When we are always liable to the possibility of a war, or, at least, a brief campaign, such as that on the north-western frontier, the same incompetent assistants are to dress the wounds and amputate the limbs of our suffericg soldiers. It is always blame able for a Government to allow or encourage the appointment of men to public offices who are unequal to their post, but in an instance like this to sanc tion the appointment of ignorant men is an act of the greatest cruelty. The horrors of warare surely great enough without any needless aggravation, but if an unskilled or ignorant medical officer is to attempt to relieve the misery of the sick and wounded, how ever great his wish to do good, he will probably lose the service a good many lives. There is another and much simpler mode of rectifying the discrepancy between the number of officers wanted and the number forthcoming. The medical branch cf the service have, it is said, been harshly and unjustly treated ; they re ceive a very illiberal remuneration, and are not allowed to occupy their proper position in the army. The profession, in consequence, declines to enter lists for these appointments. Its members are cer tainly numerous enough to supply every vacancy, and the eagerness with which a fixed appointment is generally sought after in oar crowded professions shows how great must be the mistake or neglect on the part of the authorities, who have so thoroughly disgusted the members of this one with their ser vice. For the want which is becoming so serious in our Indian service is also largely felt in our general army, and consequently Sir CHARLES WOOD's excuse that the principal object of his bill was to enable the assistant surgeons of the QUEEN'S army to volunteer into the Indian service was little heeded. Colonel NORTH remarked that so scarce were assistant surgeons in the regular army that the Government had been forced to extend the limit of age for admission first to 25 and afterwards to 40; while quite a new class had lately sprung up—acting assistant surgeons, men, we presume, who fufil the duties of assistant surgeons without being regularly qualified for the appointment. This is not a very hopeful source of supply for India, when we have not enough for England and else where. But the whole principle is in fault. If men are to be appointed to offices of so much importance they ought to be properly qualified, and if the com petition be moderate and practical in its nature, it would never keep back those who ought to pass. But it is evident that the fault lies in the appoint.. ment and not in the examination, since not only the number of successful candidates, but the total number of applicants, fell far short of the list of vacancies. If the Government reformed their salaries and improved their position, there is little doubt the army would be as well supplied with surgeons as with any other officers, but it is easier and cheaper to pass incompetent men. At least, it is apparently cheaper, for a soldier's life in India is too costly to be lightly trifled with. There are few more difficult tasks than to attempt the amelioration of the condition of the working classes. In the matter of their dwellings, more especially, there is ample scope for the exer• cise of ingenuity and the practice of patience. So much must be done before any effectual end is gained, and the obstructions are so numerous, the opposition so continuous, that it sometimes seems an almost impossible task to make any progress in the complicated affair. It is very satisfactory to find that the company of which Lord STANLEY is Chairman, still prosecute their labours and keep up their exertions in the estimable undertaking in which they are engaged. Last Friday a meeting was held at the Mansion House, and the details are very well worth consideration: Mr. Alderman WATERLOW, the Deputy Chairman, presided in the absence of Lord STANLEY, and the report of the transactions of the company was read, It is very gratifying to find that the directors have " undiminished confidence in the success of the enterprise," and this notwithstanding the increased demand for labour and the high price of bricks has greatly augmented the coat of the dwellings. It is quite evident that the labours of this company represent a necessity of the times, they are closely allied with the greatest principles and the greatest scandals of the age we live in. As day after day, and week after week, witnesses the structure of some immense building, or the design of some important social improvement in the way of architecture and the construction of railways, so also do these changes and alterations bear dark events in their train, and herald the advent of misery to many a srnall.-but nourishing homestead, and bear the mandate of doom to the poor man's simple but convenient habitation. Go where we will we must meet with the traces of these things, and hear the complaints made by the unfortunate individuals who are driven forth few know where, and fewer still care. This is not as it should be, and the political economist who understands kis science will recognise the inadvisability of the course now being pursued so recklessly and at so great an extent. The sufferings and inconveniences to which the lower orders have been put by the mania for railways that has spread in all directions, and the erection of other public works and large buildings in all imaginable localities, cannot pos sibly be overrated, Too much cannot possibly be done on all sides to obviate as far as practicable the spread of ruin and dejection that threatens to over run an active and industrious population, and caw MNb THE SIN,' LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 26, 1864. a re turn to Beene of the worst evils of that state of neglect from. which they have only so recently been in a grea's measure rescued. It was mentioned at the meeting that whole parishes of houses are be ing removed for the construction of rt Always and other " improvements," but yet rio aft ampt seems to be made to procure " decent houses' ) for those that are being swept away. The b est proof that could possibly be furnished of the desirability of this company being formed consists in the fact that was mentioned at the meeting that numerous applications have already been made for the " dwellings," although the buDdiugs are not yet roofed in. This circumstance should unquestionably impart confidence to those who are as yet but lookers on at the scheme, and take no active part in its prosecution. There is everything to recommend an immediate attention to the claims of this society on public support. The profit is almost certain, and the philanthropic nature of the scheme is beyond all praise. It is incumbent upon those who are possessed of sufficient means to do what they can in the way of providing for the pressing necessities and urgent wants of their fellow-brethren; and, sad as are the cases of absolute distress, it is in a great measure more incumbent upon us to take care of those who are bordering on the precipice, and in a short time will be driven over into the gulf of ruin beneath. A timely hand stretched out, a friend in need, may often prove the turning points in the career of many. It is not charity that is here sought, but assistance that is immediately required to enable the work now in full trim to go on prospering. Those difficult first steps have been taken which are too often the beginning and the end offair-seeming enterprises ; and thus the timid and doubtful have not the very plausible excuse in their power of say ing that they are afraid it will not do so well in practice as in theory, and that they must reserve their judgment until a more fitting opportunity. The board very wisely suggest to the members that they should use their efforts to induce their friends to take up the remainder of the capital of the com pany without delay. The reasons f or thi s are I ob vious, because there often occur opportunities for obtaining advantageous sites, but the Board hesi tate to purchase more land unless they have a larger capital. There is every reason to hops that due attention will be paid to this suggestion, and that this excellent undertaking will not be allowed to languish for want of the right means for carrying out to the fall entirety its plans sad purposes. That something decisive must be done has long been ad mitted on all sides, and it seems only the practice of a wise forethought that induces these members of the Company to undertake in time what must be fore very long be done by some means or other. It will be quite impossible to treat this question of the dwellings of the working classes with the indifference that so often pervades the social ques tions of the day. The mischief will spread like wildfire—fever, disease, and miseries of all kinds will supervene if the poor are left to remain in their closed, crowded dwellings, with hardly any appliances for decency or comfort, and often pay ing an extravagant price for their miserable loca tions. It is of more especial importance, too, to pay all possible heed to this subject, on account of there being the certainty that as lime passes all these evils of overecrowding will increase, instead of diminishing. The improvements of modern science, and the new aspect things are assuming in all directions, tend to militate, very consider ably, against the chances of the poor being left in peace, or even undisturbed in their hardships. A company of this class may, in some sort, be re garded as partly a national institution, for it pro vides for a great want of the community, and in some degree finds a remedy fore great and pressing evil. Every inducement, then, seems to invite us to pay special heed to the undertaking of such an establishment, tied it is earnestly to be trusted that it will go on and prosper, and that succeed ing years will find it advancing in usefulness, while the more pressing and painful demand for its agency shall cease, through better arrange ments and the progress of improvements. HENRY PHILLIPS AND THE YANKEE MUSIC SELLER.—I had had written beforehand, as ens my custom to make all the preliminary arrangements, and arrived about twelve o'clock in the day. The person who kept the music store was to lend me a piano forte on hire, and had promised it should be on the platform, with a music stool, not later than four o'clock in the afternoon. Knowing how dilatory men of business are in these hot climates, I always took the precaution of ordering every thing some hours sooner than was necessary. I went to the rooms at five o'clock, but no instrument had arrived. Six o'clock, sti.ll no pianoforte. Half past —no signs of such a thinß, I looked down the long avenue leading to the store ) , but there was nothing on the way. Seven o'clock approached; and hot as the evening was, I resolved to go down to the store and inquire the cause, as in another half hour my audience would be arriving. About a quarter of a mile down the road I saw a little knot of negroes carrying .mething that resembled a square pianoforte. By the time I came up with them they had laid it flit on the ground, and some six niggers were sitting on it. Another nigger was carrying two of the legs, a second two more, and a third the music-stool. The-six were wiping their foreheads, and telling all sorts of stories, when I asked, "Is that pianoforte for the concert-room toenight ?" " Yes, massa," replied one. "Then why don't you take it ?" I said. "It ought to have been there two hours since," " It's ber heavy," re plied my friend. " We'll get on do track presently.' " Very well," said I, shaking my finger at them, " I'll complain to your master ;" and in a raging fever I reached the music store. There .stood the proprietor, picking his teeth with his penknife. He was a till, thin-faced man, all bone and muscle. I was red with rage when I dashed into the shop and said, " What dues all this mean ?" " What do you allude to, stranger,?" he replied, `in the coolest manner conceivable. Speaking rapidly, I con tinued, 6 ' You said my pianoforte should be in the room at four o'clock; it's now past seven, and your niggers are now sitting down on it in the street, It has put me in a fever of rage and disappointment. My auditors are coming. Those lazy brutes won't stir, and you ought to have seen them off three hours since. It's scandalous shameful! abominable 1 How am I to sing after this ? What excuse can you make ? " All this time he stood with his arms folded, looking coolly at me; and while I was waiting a moment to take breath and renew the attack, he said, " Well, stranger, have you done ?" I hesitated for an instant, and said " Yes." " Look you here, then," said he, "This is our mode of doing business ; if you don't like it, move the pi-a-no forte yourself." This philo sophical mode of treating and looking at the matter put a stop to all argument, so I hastened back, and sang well to a very good audience.—ellueical and Personal Recollections of henry Phillips. FRENCH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.—At the last sitting a paper was received from M. Valz, the astronomer at Marseilles, in which he stated the elements of the new comet as follows:—Passage through perihelion September 7.05 . mean time of Marseilles; perihelion die tance, 0 . 823 ; longitude of perihelion, 289.37 degrees ; right ascension, 66.56 deg. ; inclination, 1'45 deg.; motion, re trograde,—Dr Nelaton communicated a paper on the de struction of tumours by an electrolytic method, applicable to cases in which the tumour is deeply seated and inacces sible to ordinary instruments. The case quoted by him was a naso-pharyngian polypus, which was electro chemically destroyed by inserting two platinum pins into its mass, and making them communicate with the poles of a Bunsen's pile, consisting of 9 elements 16 centimetre in height by S in diameter, and arranged for tension. The tumour was destroyed in six sittings, without any effusion of blood, and with very little pain. A parer was received from M. Pisani on the chemical composition o the aerolith which fell at Orgueil on May 14 last. He states that all the specimens of this aerolith do not present the same state of cohesion, but that they are all of spongy texrure, and all eagerly absorb water. M. Henri Ste. Claire Deville communicated further researches on the penetrability of iron. Our readers may recolle c t th a t i n a prev i ous p aper thi s eminent chemist had shown that hydrogen contained in art iron tube will ooze through its pores if heat be applied, a fact easily explained by tho expansion of the metal consequent upon au increase of temperature. In the present case M. Deville introduced an iron tube into a porcelain one, so as to form an empty cylindrical space between the two, closed at both ends. lie then filled both the inner and outer spaces with nitrogen, and heated the apparatus, after which he caused hydrogen to pass into the annular space, taking care to mea tsuub. o re e thsp a inreasnsaulryes,wghich soon b ecame d ou bl e d i n the iron the g as conta i ne d i n t h e l a tt e r, he found it to emnbist of hydrogen and nitrogen, the former in by tar greater qu an ti ty t h an the latter, besides a lade oxide of carbon, This shown that the hydrogen had pene trated through the tube. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LREITTER'S TELEGRAMS.] PRANCE. PARIS, JULY 26 (Morning). Orders have been given in the military ports to despatch the necessary ships to Mexico to bring back the troops that are to return from that cone. try. The ships will leave France early in August. The Paris journals continue to remark on the imperial decree for reorganising the administration in Algeria, but in general their observations are of a pale, undecided character, and certainly far in ferior is energy of expression to the almost hostile extracts which we have given from the Opinion Nationale and the Gazette de France. Thus, for instance, the Monde merely says :—" One thing seems clear—that Algeria is returning to military government. So long as there is no serious plan of colonisation, we shall be perpetually oscillating. We are even ignorant of what the prefects do in Algeria, and what they have to administer. The Nation sums up its opinion in these words : " There is nothing changed in Algeria—there is only a prefect the more, and the military supre macy is more firmly established than ever." The Patrie confines itself to showing that the consider able changes introduced into the regime of Algeria have for object to assure the complete predominance of the military element. The Debats makes the following observations :—" There are two impor tant points which must be considered in any dis cussion on Algeria. In the first place Algeria is not purely and simply a colony founded, like the English ones, by a free move ment of emigration, developed by the in dividual initiative of a few enterprising men; it is, above all, a conquest to which the mother country has devoted too - much of her wealth and cl her most precious blood not to have the right to retain, so long as she may think proper, the supreme direction of its government. In the second place, Algeria is not, like Bourbon and the Antiles, peo pled exclusively with one race, that of resident Europeans; it is occupied by two nations, differing in origin and religion, one of which, having long been master of the soil, only submitted to France on certain specified conditions, after obtaining the solemn promise that its property, customs, and laws should be respected by the conqueror. It appears to us that too little attention is paid to this double character peculiar to our possessions in the North of Africa by these who compare the institutions given by England to Australia and even to Canada with the institutions which have at different times obtained in Algeria, and who pretend to draw decisive argu monis from the comparison of objects and situations so widely different." The Presse declares that it can readily understand Marshal Bandon's scruples relative to the system of duality, the unfortunate eff c' s of which he bears witness to; that journal has little confidence in the union of the civil with the military regime. " E ither one or the other," it says, "should be adopted." Still the Pressc has ingeniously dis covered a method to do without either. It is almost prepared "to look upon the inefficiency• of all the systems as an argument against the occupation itself!' The work which France commenced in 1830, and which she has been steadily pursuing for the lest 34 years should therefore be abandoned. The colonists, who at the price of so many sacrifices have succeeded in founding such valuable establishments there, should resign all. To immigration to that country must succeed emigra tion from it. This idea is too unpatriotic to be seriously entertained. When brought forward in the Chamber of Deputies by M. De:-jobert, it was laughed at, and will probably be similarly greeted now by the public. BOURSE, July 25.—Tbe market is somewhat firmer to-day, but there has been scarcely any variation in prices. Threes, for the Account, opened at 661. 10c. and rose to 66f. 15f. Mobilkx opened at 980 f., and have gradually risen to 985 f. But little doing in naiiway Sfiares, but prices show a: slight upward tendency. The market closed as follows : per Cents .. 04 50 I Italian Loan CS 15o: exd month.... I Do. end month.... 6S 05 3 per Cents Do. end month.... 66 10 New Mexican 56 50 Credit Mobilier.. 932 50 Russian Do, end month.... 935 Austrian Bank Shares - 3390 Spanish Throes .51 Credit Foueier ....1210 Llama Debt Roman RA IL WAYB. CE eh. Account. Orleane =••.. 872 60 872 50 Northern . ... _ 378 75 .. 877 50 Lyons and l'iediterranean 895 897 50 New ditto Southern Wetitern Eastern .... Sardinian Austri<ua Lois bard North of Spain Saragossa Eureelo, 637 50 .. 610 - 515 - .. 513 75 472 50 .. 477 50 351 25 350 - 411 25 .. 410 - 527 50 527 50 437 50 435 -- 526 25 .. 527 50 Ditto to ala .... .... —.• •• HIS HOLINESS THE POPE. The Giornale di Eonza of the 19th says :—" The Holy Father has at last left Rome, as you are already most probably aware, for Castel Gandolfo. His Holiness ptoceeded to the central railway station, where he was received by the Commander, Baron Baldini, Minister of Commerce and Public Works, and congratulated by General de Monte bello. The Piazza Tanini, where the Pontifical and French troops were drawn up with their bands, was filled with carriages and spectators on foot. At half-past five the Holy Father took his place in the train with the prelates of his household, and went as far as Frattochia, where his carriage awaited him. The Holy F a th e r arrived at Castel Gandolfo at seven in the evening, and was received at the church of the parish by Cardinal Alfieri, Bishop of Albano. His Holiness crossed the square before the church to the Pontifical palace on foot, in company with Cardinals di Pietro and de Sil vestri, amidst the accl ama ti ons of the crowd." GERMANY AND DENMARK, (From the limes' Correspondent.) -VIENNA, July 23. M. von Bismark Copenhagen arrived here at 3 o'c lock in the afternoon of yest er d ay, an d 111. von Quaade and Colonel Kauf mann, who are to represent Den mark in the C on f erence, are no w on their way from of Vienna w ou ld go to t h e was expected th at many of the energetic stat esman being a r arity in Germany, it to thi s c i ty . A strong - willed and political quidnunes ra ilway terminus to see, if not to we l come , the Iran " of blood and iron ;" but such was not the case. Baron Werther, who is well k nown to the Vi en nese, received M. von Bismark on hie arr i va l , an d took him to the Prussian Legation, but few of the persons w hom the y m et in the streets tu rne d to loo k a t the man who by superior ability and f orce of will. has s ucceeded in making Austria s u b serv i ent to Pruss ia . In the evening the Prussian s t a t esman went w ith Baron Werther and Count R e chb erg to the Vo ik eg erten, where Strauss'e band was playing, and this mo rnin g he had an au dience of his ajesty t h e Emperor. Before von Bis mark left C ar l s b ad he ha d a conference with Prince MGortschakoff, and they are said to have come to the conclusion that, if the German Diet had to decide on the question relative to the right of succession, the Grand Duke of Oldenburg would have little or yo chance of reig n i ng over Schleswig Holstein. As has repeatedly b een sa id, the Austrian Government wishes for peace, but Count Rechberg is so entirely in the po wer o f his Prussian colleague that he will hardly fail to o b ey his h i g h b e he s t s . Th e con diti ons which Prussi a Schles wig-Holstein as.follows:-I.now intends to make are in substance The complete separation of Schles this side of the The said countries, including certain districts on to Jutland, to o L n j a: n a u h , u rwgh which fromat present Denmark. be l 0 n 2 g . verned by a Prince the validity of whose claim. , , form a State, which shall be go to the throne have been recognised by a Federal Court of Justice. 3. ltendsburg to be a Federal for tress, and Kiel, or some other sea-port in Schleswig- Holstein, to bo a Federal war-port. 4. Prussia to indemnify Austria for her catlay during the war, and to leave her troops in Schleswig until her own expenses (which are estimated at about 20,000,060 of cioliars) have been paid cut cf the surplus revenue of the Duchy, which is to be collected by Prussian officials. 6. The Duchy of Holstein to defray the expenses arising from the Federal execution. 6. When all the expenses incurred by the German Powers in the Duchies have been defrayed, Schles wig and Holstein are to be definitively united and placed under the sceptre of the Duke or Prince whose claims may have been recognized by the German Band. Though not able to assert that the foregoing pro gramme is perfectly correct, I must needs believe it to be so, as men in office profess to be astonished at the " audacity" of the Prussian Minister. Pres ident. Success has made M. von Bismark vainglo rious, and doubtless he flatters himself that sooner or later ho shall be able to incorporate the Duchies with Prussia. The French Government has recently advised the Prussian Minister for Foreign Affairs to be indulgent towards Denmark, but he takes so little notice of the communications received from M. Drouyn do Lhuys that people are greatly dis posed to think there is a secret understanding be tween him and that subtle politician who, having obtained Faucigny and Nice, covets a part, if not the whole, of the left bank of the Rhine. The sitting held by the German Diet on Thurs day last was a very animakd one. Austria and Prussia proposed that the Duke of Angustenburg should be called on to establish his hereditary claims to the throne of Schleswig Holstein, and the motion was carried by a majority of 11 voices, or " curie," to five. Bavaria, Saxony, Wurtemberg, Darmstadt, and the 13th " curie" (Brunswick and Nassau) opposed the motion, because, in their opi nion, the validity of the claims of Duke Frederick, of Augustenburg had already been substantiated. The 12th "curie" (the Saxon houses) voted with Austria and Prussia, but it at the same time de clared the claims of the Duke of Augustenburg to be indisputable. Daring the sitting a telegram was received from General Hake, in which is was said that Prince Frederic Charles of Prussia was about to take possession of Rendsburg. General Hake, who is the Commander-in-Chief of the Federal forces i❑ Holstein, further stated, that in order to avoid a bloody conflict we should withdraw the Saxon and Hanoverian troops from Rendsburg. In general the members of the German Diet take things very easily, but on Thursday they were thoroughly roused. They expressed approval of General Hake's intention to avoid a conflict, but ordered him formally to protest against the violent and illegal conduct of the Commander-in-Caief of the Allied forces. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This _Day.) COURT OP DIVORCE. (Before Sir J. P. Wilde.) WILLIAMS V. WILLIAMS.-JUDGMENT. Sir J. P. Wilde delivered judgment in this case this morning, which was a suit by the wife for a dissolution of marriage, on the ground of her husband's adultery and desertion without reasonable cause, and it appeared that both were in domestic service. The learned judge said that it was not easy in all cases to deo'de what constituted deser tion as the circumstances in which the parties were placed must affect their cohabitation as man and wife. Marital intercourse was interrupted in the cases of persons engaged in tloks army and navy, in many eases in commercial enter pris where the husband was compelled to leave the country, and more particularly in cases like the present, where the parties were engaged as domestic servants. It appeared that the parties were married several years ago, and lived together for some time, during which they got into business but failed, after which they both returned to service. The husband visited his wife very frequently, and afterwards, according to his statement, as often as the nature of his duties would permit. The period of their ceasing to live under the same roof was about twelve yeara, and all that time the respondent's visits were continued regularly. It had been urged by the petitioner that she had acquired means sufficient to enable them to resume business and cohabitation, but the respondent's refusal to accede to her proposition to go into business again could not be con strued into desertion, as he might reasonably have doubted of his success in business atter the former failure, and therefore might be induced to hesitate before he em barked in trade again. It was also urged that he cohabited with another woman, but as he continued his visits to the petitioner, this could not be called desertion, He came therefore to the conclusion that the husband had not deserted his wife without reasonable cause—but on his conviction of his having committed adultery, he would grant to the petitioner a decree of judicial separation. MARRIOTT, FALSELY CALLED BURGESS V. BURGESS, JUDG3IENT. In this case the wife prayed for a decree of nullity of marriage, and the question on which the Court reserved judgment was whether there had been unreasonable delay in commencing the suit, and whether it had been promoted for an indirect object. The parties were together from 1853 to 1863, and during that time there was no complaint. However, a quarrel arose relative to a servant boy, which appeared to have led to these proceedings by the petitioner, and under the circumstances he felt bound to dismiss the petition. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr Commissioner Gou'burn.) IN RE FREDERICK TAYLOR. Mr Sargood called attention to this case, is which an application was made for his Honour's sanction to a criminal prosecution, and his Honour had intimated that he would look over the papers. His Honour said he had not yet done so, but he was still of opinion thct he ought not to interfere until the party charged had been taken before a magistrate, which would form some guide for him to come to a decision. Mr Sargood said that he was aware of his Honour's general opinion on that point—it was a question of costs. His Honour said that the expense of going before the magistrate would be very slight. It did not require his authority to do so. Mr Sargood said that after such an intimation he would say no more ac present. IN RE WILSON. This bankrupt was described as a timber merchant, of Belvidere-road. Lambeth, and this was an application to dismiss the petition, which was filed by the bankrupt, on tho ground that the debts exceeded £3OO, Mr Fairhead having claimed :200 on what he alleged to bo an accom modation bill given to the bankrupt and taken up by Fairhead. The bankrupt, however, swore that the bill was given for a half share in the profits of a patent for a "shield ship" (the nature of which was not explained). The bankrupt and Mr Fairhead were examined, and his honour considered that the debt had been proved, and re fused to allow the schedule to be amended by the insertion of the debt and additional stamps to be affixed to the petition, The petition was therefore dismissed. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day, BOW STREET. A QUEER COSTUME.—A miserable looking elderly man, named 1 - 13nry Sanders, wearing no coat, but a very dirty and ragged light waistcoat and red shirt, and with the battered remains of what had once been a hat, stuck on one side of the head, was charged with stealing a coat. On being placed in the dock, tho prisoner, at the jailor's suggestion, but somewhat reluctantly, took off his hat, and stuck out his elbow in a grotesque fashion, having the hat thereon. The prisoner was at once recognised by the officers of the court as having on former occasions been charged at this court with various offences, arising more from eccentricity than deliberate dishonesty. Ho appears to have suffered terribly from poverty and dissipation, and is thought to Le hardly capable of taking care cf himself. Alderman, one of the beadles of Covent-garden Market, said the prisoner was brought t) this court a few days ago for stealing flowers in the market, Some of his friends then promised that he should be removed to the workhouse to be taken care of, but that had not been dene. George Thorp, a salesman in the market, stated that on Friday he saw the prisoner hanging about his stand, and a few minutes afterwards he missed a coat belonging to his brother. It was lying on the stand within reach of any one standing by. The Prisoner--A strange place to leave a coat, Ono would think you wanted it taken. Mr Thorpe went on to say that the prisonerhad been seen lounging about the market every day, but without thecoat, and though he was suspected, there appeared not sufficient, proof to justify his apprehension, tilt this morning, when witness saw him ith the coat on, end gave him in custody, The prisoner—l had been unfortunate and had had my own coat torn from my back, and I was very cold. I saw the coat lying about as if it did not belong to any one, and it was a temptation. Wm. Thorpe, brother of former witness, said the coat was his property, and worth 108; whea he left it on the stand there was a halfcrown in the pocket, The prisoner —There was no halfcrown in it, I will swear, It there hej been IPh ,uld have spent it. (A laugh.) That is a fabrication, Witness—There was a halferown, and I have no doubt you did spend it. The prisoner—l should havo been glad of it. I was very hard up. I was hungry. I had no bed. But you must be a very foolish fellow to leave y our money in your coat. Mr Flowers—Well I suppose you don't dispute that it Was foolish Witness (laughing)—Y), 1 don't say that. The Prisoner•—HsYez't ) . ou a puree, or a waistcoat ? always use my waistcoat pocket to keep my money in. (A laugh), For my part I think a purse a very unessential thing. (A laugh). I never require a puree. (Laughter). He was remanded for a week, MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A SINGULAR REQUEST,—Two urchins, named Dennis Healey and John Driscoll, living in St. Giles, were charged before Mr Tyrwhitt with picking the pocket of a female named Flaxman. Thomas Humphreys, of No. 3, Brownlow-street, said that about 10 o'clock that morning he was in Denmark street, when he saw a female (Mrs Flaxman) on the wheel of a van, in which there were a number of children going for an excursion. He observed Healey feeling the female's dress, Driscoll standing close by Healey at the time. The boys suddenly ran away, and hearing the female had been robbed, ho pursued them into Queen street, Dean-street, where he saw the purse produced dropped by one of them, but he could not say which, Mrs Fiaxman identified the purse and contents as her property, Mr Tyrwhitt—Do the boys want to say anything ? Healey—Yes, we wants three years. Tyrwhitt—lt is a rather extraordinary request ; but I think under the circumstances it would be about as good a thing as could be done, and with that view I shall remand them for a week, when their parents can attend. The boys, who seemed very pleased at the result, were then remanded. ASSAULTING AND THREATENING A PROSECUTRIX.— Elizabeth M'Donald, a young woman, was charged before Mr Tyrwhitt on a warrant with assaulting and threatening a young woman named Minnie Wilson. The complainant was prosecutrix in April last of a man named Howard : the keeper of a night house in the Hay market, for taking her away from her father's house, she being under the age of 16 at the time. Howard was tried at the Central Criminal Court, convicted, and sentenced to two years' imprisonment. The complainant said that in April last, and while Howard's trial was pending, the prisoner came up to her in Russell-street, about 8 o'clock in the evening, and said, " I will have your life it you appear against Howard," at the same time striking her in a most violent manner. and giving her a frightful black eye, and knocking her down senseless. She applied to Mr Knox, the magistrate who was then sitting, and he granted the warrant against the prisoner. Mr Tyrwhitt asked how it was that the warrant was not executed before. Davey, 65 C, one of the warrant cfficers, said that not knowing where the prisoner resided, he was unable to find the prisoner till last night. Mr Tyr Nhitt inquired of the complainant if the prisoner had done anything to her since April. The complainant said that on Saturday morning last she was passing the end of St. Martin-street with a gentleman, when the prisoner took out a knife and exclaimed, " You -, I mean to have your life," at the same time making a stab, which the gentleman received on his arm, The prisoner said the complainant was living with the person she formerly lived with. She had no wish to hurt the complainant. Mr Tyrwhitt thought if what the prisonersaid was true it was very likely she had an ill-feeling towards the com plainant, and he should therefore order her to find one bail to beep the peace towards the complainant for two months. WESTMINSTER. DISGRACEFUL OUT —Patrick Hagan, a powerfu' fellow, was charged with the following disgraceful con. duct : Mrs Bullock, the wife of the proprietor of the Wiltshire Brewery, Simmond-street, Chelsea, said that she knew the defendant, whom she had been obliged to eharp at this court with misconduct a couple of years ago. He had been to the house two or three times since, but she had inva riably refused to serve him. Last night he came with some others and called for drink, but she refused to give it them for two reasons, firstly, because they were drunk, and, se condly, because they were with him. They then went into one of the public rooms, and on hearing a great noise she went to the spot and found they had done a great deal of malicious damage, for which she now sought recompense. Mr Arnold asked whether she could prove that the de fendant did any of it ? Mrs Bullock replied that when she entered the room she found the gas fittings, which had keen torn down, in the defendant's hand, the door had been broken and the defend ant and his companions were preparing to burn a box. Mr Arnold inquired whether they gave any reason for this unlawful and disgraceful conduct. Mrs Bullock replied that the only reason that could be assigned for it was that she would not serve them. The defendant seized a quart pot and threatened to dash her brains out, and she was obliged to leave, fearing he would carry his threat into execution. A police constable proved that after committing the dar..age in question the defendant and his companions left the house. From informatics received he apprehended the defendant shortly afterwards. Defendant denied the charge, and said he could call the other men who were with him as witnesses. Mr Arnold said he would give him an opportunity of doing so, and remanded him. THAMES. THE WILD BULL—BRUTAL ASSAULT. Michael Clark, a stevedore, better known as the Wild Bull, a rough, brutal fellow, was brought before Mr Paget charged with savagely assaulting William Horner, a police constable No. 28 H. It appeared that last night the prisoner was intoxicated, and quarrelled with a woman in Back Church-lane, White•• chapel. He struck her, and knocked her head through a pane of glass in the shop window of a woman named Sophia Mackay, who went out and gave prisoner into the custody of the complainant Horner. The constable advised the prisoner to pay for the window he had broken and go home. The prisoner resented this good advice by striking the policeman, and then running at him " full butt like a wild bull," which was explained that prisoner ran against the constable, and forced his head against his stomach. This novel mode of attack injured the policeman very much, and " took the wind out of him." The prisoner then jumped on the constable's back, threw him down, and kicked him several times. The constable got up and was again thrown. This was repeated five or six times. Horner would have been subdued if another police constable named George Plutfield, No. 188 H, had not come to his assistance. There was a rough mob of dis orderies and loose women always to be found in Back Church-lane, who encouraged the " wild bull" to beat the constable. In answer to Mr Paget, the policeman Horner said he had been to the doctor, and wab in great pain. He was severely bruised. The prisoner, in defence, said he was torn to pieces by the police. Mr Paget—No, you were not. The prisoner—He cut my head with a staff, and poked his staff in my eye. Mr Paget directed one of the officers of the court to examine the prisoner's head, which he did very minutely, and said there was no mark on it. Mr Paget questioned the constables, who said no staff was drawn. Mr Paget said if a policeman's staff had been poked into the prisoner's eye, there would have been a mark on it. There was none. The prisoner had been guilty of a brutal assault, for which he sentenced him to two months' impri sonment and hard labour, and seven days' imprisonment, in addition, for the damage he had done. MARKETS—This Day. HAY MARKETS. SMITIIFIELD.—OId meadow hay, £2 10s to £4 10s Od ; new do., £2 5s to £1; clover, £4 Os to £5 10s; and straw, £1 4s to £1 lOs per load. Trade steady. CUMBERLAND.—OId meadow hay, £2 lOs to £4 lOs ; new do., £2 5s to £4; clover, £4 to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 4s to £1 lOs per toad. A fair demand. WIIITEMIAPEL —Old meadow hay, £2 108 to £4 10s; new do., £2 5s to -C4; clover, DI to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 4s to £1 108 per load. Truce firm. COLONIAL. TEA—Business has remained inactive, and the few dealings entered into have been at about previous rates. tiUGAR—The market has remained dull, and inferior descriptions have declined about 61 per cwt. Good grocery qualities, however, have sustained former prices. COFFEE—The demand for colonial descriptions has been steady, and quotations are generally well sustained. RICE—A fair amount of business has been done at fulls previous prices. TALLOW—The market has exhibited rather more ani mation, and quotations for both present and forward delivery have slightly improved. Y.X.C. en the spot marked new 42s 6J, and last three months' delivery 43. 6d per cwt. The Correctional Tribunal of Douai last week tried 7A. Scherzer, stationmaster of the Northern Railway at that place, on a charge of having infringed the privileges of the pest-office. M. Legros, a printer at Douai, having been employed by M. Deruelle, a merchant of .Arras, to print a number of circulars, he executed the order and sen• them to M. Deru3lle in a parcel by railway. The post-office authorities, considering the conveyance of these papers at an infringement of the law which gives them the sole right of such carrying, commenced proceedings against the sta tionmaster, but the Tribunal, after hearing counsel, decided that the circulars thus sent from a printer to his employer were merely a bale of goods, which might he legally carried by any person, and accordingly acquitted the defendant. The Paris corn.tnarket has been inactive during the past week, with scarcely any c hange in quota tions. The fou r marks of flour remain et 53 f 50c the sad of 157 kilos. Wheat ranges from 28f 503 to 30f the 12t kilos, but inferior qualities are worth only 27f s,rc. There is consequently a decline of 500 from the prices of last week, Rye remains unvaried at 16f COO the n 5 kilos. ; barley, 16150 c to 171 the 100 kilos. ; oats, 15f sf)e to 16150 c the 100 kilos. At the last cattle market of Sceaux business wee dull, and prices had a slight downward tendency. Oxen: sold at If 40e to 11 41c the kilo. ; calves, If 26c to if 61c ; sheep, 1128 e to if 60c. At Poissy the prices were if 4c to 1142, It 26c .411 c, and if 30e to 1 1 600 re6peCtiVely, z, (rata' IGH CIE 011111 11,4) HER MAJESTY, The Qaeen, accompanied byohsseroßßNoEy,alJunlyig2hsn.ess Princess Louis of Hesse, walked and drove about the grounds. The Earl of Clarendon returned to London. HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS OF CA) ERlDGE.—Yesterday was the birthday of th e , Duchess of Cambridge, w h en h er ro y a l hi g h ness complet ed her 67th year. A great many noble friends called at Caul ' bridge Cottage, Kew, in the course of the day to leave r e . : seats and offer their congratulations, th e ro y a l duchess a nd FrincessMary having left St.James'sPalace for the season' Ia the evening her Royal Highness the Duchess of C. bridge's tradesmen illuminated as customary. The Duke and Duchess of 'Northumberl and passed through town yeEterday on their way to Hustl e ° from Sion House, Isleworth. Ihe Duke and Duchess of Sutherland and family are expected to leave town early in the ensuing week for Trentham, on their way to Dunrobin Castle, N. 134 for the autumn, We believe that, if no unforeseen eac nr ; rence takes place, their R o y a l Hi g h nesses th e Prince an d Princess of Wales will honour the noble duke and duchesit by their presence for several days at Dunrobin Castle dui' ing the residence of their royal highnesses in Scotland. The Marchioness of Lansdowne and Hon. Madile' Elphinstone de Flahault arrived yesterday at Lun g " downe House, Berkeley-square, from Bowood-park, Wilts, expressly to meet the Count and Countess do Flahault ou their return from the Continent. The Earl of Derby has nearly recovered from hi s recent severe attack of gout, but not sufficiently so t° be able to accept an invitation from the'Duke and 'Jobe° of Richmond to join the select party at Goodwood 1101 22 ,1' invited to meet their Royal Highnesses the P r ince a", Princess of Wales. • The nobl e E ar l an d th e C oun tess °` Derby leave St. James's-sqaare towards the end of the w°° l for Knowsley-park, near Liverpool. The Earl and Countess of Dalkeith loft tool) yesterday afternoon to join the party which w as tc; assemble on visits to the Countess Cowper, at AVI . e 3 Park, Beds. The Earl and Countess of Carnarvon leave Grosvenor-street early in the next week for Highe l6 , r : Castle, near Newbury. Th e infant dau g ht er o f the Hob' s earl and countess was baptized on Saturday last. The Countess of Craven and Ladie s Craven a Sir Frederick Johnstone left town yesterday for Bogn° 4 • Sussex, to pass the week. Lady . The Earl and Countess A s hb urn h am a nd Katherine Aehburnham have arrived at Ashburnham-P 13 1: Sussex, from town for the a u t umn . Vi scount S t . A 24l) is at present staying at Florence. Louisa Countess of Seafield and Lord Rebell Loftus have arrived at the Alexandra Hotel, Ilyde-Pll corner, from Ireland. Count J. and Lady Cecil de la F e ld have le" Princes-terrace for the Isle of Wight. Viscountess Jocelyn and Hon, Misses Jocely n left Cambridge House yesterday afternoon for Wrest Pa rlf Bedfordshire, on a visit to the Oountess Cowper. Viscount and Viscountess Grey de 'Wilton le t the Earl of Wilton's mansi on i n G rosvenor - square , seater' day, for Bognor, Sussex, d ur i ng th e G oo d woo d rac e 1081 ' , ing, and on Saturday intended to join the Earl and C° llll' tass of Wilton at Cowes. ' Viscount and Viscountess Falmouth have left their residence in St. Ja mes ' s - square for their seat , Vi r ° °. ‘ ha'repton House, in Berkshire. Lord and Lady Harry Vane and the Hon. Mis se : Primrose waived on Friday last a t B a ttl e Abb e y, ne ar Hastings, and are about to receive a succession of there. • visitors Lady Churchill has left the St. George's Notele Lady Molesworth has left town for Cadiandso oil a visit to Mr and Lady Elizabeth Drummond. Sir George Colthurst, M.P., and Lady Colthursl have left their residence in Wilton-crescent, for Ireland. Mrs A. F. Thistlethwayte has arrived in G :°s4 venor-square from Carlsbad, much imp rove d i n health, and will leave town on Thursday to j o i n M r Thi st l e thwayte at Loch Luichart, N. 8., accompanied by the Dowager Co ur tess of Castle-Stuart and par y, Admiral Walcott, M.P., and the Misses Walcott have arrived at the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood. DEATH OF ADMIRAL CATOR.—We have fC, nounce the death of Admiral Bertie Cornelius Cater, who expired on Saturday last at the Palace Hotel, Boc k ; ingham-gate. The deceased admiral obtained the 1.3 " of lieutenant in 1807, having entered the navy in the spring of 1800, under his uncle, Captain Albemarle Bertie. He was actively E rnp loy e d early in his professional career in the capture of privateers in the Mediterranean, in the Glory, Malta, and Carysfort frigates. After his various services he was captured by two French frigates while i' charge of the Ranger, transport, on its way from the (- 3 °o of Good Hope to the Mauritius, but was exchanged shod/ afterwards, and was then placed in command of the Born'; bay Anna, the H on . E as t I n di a C ompany ' s s hip, irr ship ho assisted at the capture of the isle of France in 18 ' He commanded the Actam on the coast of America in an attack on the enemy's barracks, &c., in Lynn Haven 136 1' in 1813, and particip a t e d i n var i ous o th er serv i c es o°3 ; After gaining his post rank he was not employed ail and accepted the retirement of Oct o b er , 1846. The gall s officer's commissions bore d a t e as f o ll ows : _Lieutenan t ' March 3, 1807 ; commander, February 13, 1811 ; captain' June 7, 1314; rear-admiral, November 5, 1851 ; v i 4 , e 2 : admiral, November 12, 1856 ; an d a d m i ra l, A pr il 12, 1 1 -- DEATH OF A VETERAN.—CoIoneI Browne, C. 8., formerly of the 66th Foot, as old Peninsular and Waterloo officer, died on Friday morn °f at his town residence in Regent's-park at the ripe ag e 80 years. The gallant colonel was for some years ba rrac Qe master of the Regent's-p ar k B arrac k s. The deees—. ( officer accompanied the 40th R sg i ment to t h e Peninsula to July, 1808, and w a s p resen t at t h e b attles o f 1101% ,; Vimiera, Talavera, awl Busaso, on the retreat and e t of occupation of the lines of Torres Vedras, at the siegeoo Badajoz in May, 1811, an d th e repu l se of the so rtie 'I . do Fort San Christov a l, ac ti ons o f El B o d on and Aldeafina Porde, siege and stormin g o f C u id a d R o d r i go , sit'ge c :i a . storming of Badaj. z, acti on a t C arruza l, b a ttle of Sala. storming manta, the capture of Madrid and subsequent retreat ,ew. from. He also served in the expedition against I \ Orleans. The gallant officer also had the honour to ts-n part in the campaign of 1815, and commanded his Tegnn e . l3 . _ at Waterloo. For his services at the last-named was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 18 The late colonel retired from the service in 1837- n A —.A DROWNED AT THE FALLS OF NIAG"" -. youth of sixteen has just come to his death at P i falls, being swept into the torrent -while visiting the Ca" of the Winds, It seems he insisted, in spite of the wart:lilt of his guide, upon stepping on to a certain rock aside f r° , l " the usual slippery path mdden by visitors. An ja s „, tB l : 6 making the rash venture he slipped and went down. guide returned and told the sad story.—.Bujhlo Courier•Ao battle 310; WAGES AND PRICES IN MAssAc following letter, from a p erson res idi n g at jactor rence, Massachusetts, ha s b een commun i cate d to us : - " e Father,—l write to let y ou k now th a t -- h a s arrived h e a t after a passage of 16 days. lam very muoh surprisedap people keep coming to this country, knowing that r ol ,. money is at such a discount and provisions so very et clothing the same. Tell cousin from :me that loch week in England is better than 8 dols per week, W hi „,/ as much as he would get. For board he would have t o A r bo 4 dols per week, that would leave 4 dais, which 10 1 ' 1 '; Si of the value of 6s in English money. lam gett ilj las. dols per week, which is worth no more now al° per week—so you see that lam doing worse til ou r a was in England. The war is ruining the country; : g at that used to sell for 7 d o l e , i s now 15 d o l s per barrel- Pti oa t is 350 that was 12c per lb. Coals are 14 dole per t°,llolo' sold for 7 dela. W oo d i s 11 d o l e p er cor d that was ° 00 ( Tea, that was 60c per lb when we were here before , i S ly to 1 dol 40e per lb. Things are still advancing, and I° r ieta do so. Prints and calicoes are selling at a monstrous P i ia Clothing of every description is enormous. We tare tr i,inga to make the best of a bad job. Caution anyone tha t of taking on with Ho is misleading scores; t' oca o+ them what good wages they get here, but not tellingo.l6ol what they have got to pay for everything ; 30c in V i will bring more than 1 dol here, take things altoge t : o o Things are very uncertain here, I should not be verY is surprised if all the places of business are stopPea,..usit 0 6 three months from now. My wages are not worth 4 much as when we came at first. - ;THE ALLEGED AIURDER NEAR RIITHERG°„NI°. On Friday, Thomas Cunningham, the lad who vil' s i n e r i o 'o re c; being concerned in tha hended by the county policeoo 73 ' outrage on on n Ve th dn e e p s e d r a s y on , o o n f e t u il s o F w 6 Sneddon, was brought b e f ore Sh er iff B e ll, exan3io,. on charge of murde r , an d th en comm i tte d to pr ison for nvia,, examination, a ination, In addition to the evidence of the lad n ale- itt :he assault, ppearsottho e h r avcbeenin e n h e i c e e fi n , t h of any h p:r e t o i xn eir f t : 4 %l witnesses, chiefly boys, av _„.130 and made statements which, we understand, go to strePb s o the case agai ns t Cunningham. 1. h e prisoner , sv neell al o %l already y s s ta u t i c )p d ,, , r i t s o only is lG mother. years of age, is 551 d to gag the ° 0 . th ° SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUINI.--D9rolo 1,,,v0 week ending the 23d of July the visitora o;,y, been as follows :—On Monday, Tuesday, and 55 " Ir dne se free days, open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m, 9,490 ; Or' We •nn 01) day, Thursday, and Friday, students' days (ad ini°lv Pit 1,74 9... -to the public Gd), open from 10 a.m. till 6 p.m., 11,215—from the opening of the Museum, 4,73 3 , 164* e ars FEES IN PUBLIC DEPARTMENTS. — I : apP ,00 fro an official docu It jiist published, that in the , t ed ended the 31st Marchast, the fees in public (aced arou to no lees than £171,60 12s 7.1, I